Brooke Sanfilippo, welcome to Erie City Hall.

Sanfilippo, a Democrat who defeated current City Council members Chuck Nelson and Ed Brzezinski to claim her party’s nomination for city controller in the May primary, rolled to a decisive victory over Republican Matthew Strupczewski in the Nov. 4 municipal election.

According to unofficial vote totals from the Erie County Courthouse, with 100% of the city vote counted, Sanfilippo garnered 14,755 votes, or 73%, to 5,378 votes, or 27%, for Strupczewski.

Sanfilippo, 47, is a pension and 401(k) administration manager who previously worked for Erie County government. She will take office in January.

Strupczewski is a 24-year-old U.S. Army officer. He ran unopposed for the GOP nomination in the May 20 municipal primary.

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